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Cardinal Dolan’s papal art out of date

Visitors to the Madison Avenue residence of Timothy Cardinal Dolan have noticed its papal art is out of date. Spies said a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict, who resigned from the holiest of all gigs in February, still hangs above a white chair, where only the pope is allowed to sit. “Only His Holiness is allowed to sit there,” a devout spy said, “but above the chair is an oil painting of the wrong pope, the one who’s resigned — not Pope Francis.” But, the source added, “It’s not like it’s an iPhone picture . . . it is a painting. It does take some time [to get a new one].” An archdiocese rep told us: “Yes, there is still a painting of Pope Benedict. And yes, there will eventually be a portrait of Pope Francis.”